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Tox Pressotechnik is expanding its range of standard presses.

With the new weight-reduced layer gripper from Schmalz, cobots can also palletize lighter workpiece layers.

Walter offers three Tiger-tec Gold grades specifically for turning operations.

The Technical University of Munich uses ZwickRoell's Mflow extrusion plastometer to analyze the process-related and design-related influences on multi-material components in additive manufacturing.

The supply chain has become a real problem for German industry over the past two years. Reason enough for Daniel Schilling to ask Ralf Bühler - head of Conrad Electronic since the beginning of 2021 - how he is tackling the problem, where the trends in procurement are heading and what role artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing.

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Today, hardly anyone doubts that the mechanical engineering of the future is and must be digital. But there are stumbling blocks along the way that need to be avoided. Otherwise, there is a risk that digitalization efforts will not lead to the smart factory of the future, but will become a permanent construction site.

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With the latest version of the 3D printing software 4D_Additive from CoreTechnologie, 3D scan data and other STL files can be transformed and simplified into closed solids in the shortest possible time using a so-called "Marching Cube" function.

Demanding die-cast components, such as structural components in automotive engineering (megacastings), place special requirements on temperature control, in particular on the cooling of so-called hotspots.

Igus has developed igumid P190, a new filament for 3D printing that is extremely stiff and strong thanks to its carbon fiber reinforcement. This makes it suitable for structural components and special connecting elements for energy chains as well as for 2-component 3D printing in combination with iglidur i190.

Synostik, an IT service provider from Oebisfelde, is presenting the further development of commissioning algorithms to complement its diagnostic software tools for IIoT systems.